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Thank you Mason County Forest Festival 2018 BOARD & VOLUNTEERS President – Mick Sprouffske Vice President – Amy Cooper Treasurer – Cheryl Earsley Secretary – Judy Bidwell
Darrel Andrews , Sheryal Balding, Kristine Bowman, Central Mason Fire & EMS, City of Shelton Public Works and Parks Depts., Amy & Forrest Cooper, Sarah DeHart, Nick Earsley, Darren Eiesle, Teddi Green, Rachel Hansen, Susan Johnson, Mike McIrvin, Norma King, Patty Kuhnau, Denis Leverich, Rachel Lovingfoss, Steve Martinell, Joel Myer, PJ NIchols , Kay Pearson, Robin Redman, Tim Rhoades, Caroline Rich Michelle & Chris Schreiber, Tara Smith, Helen Thomson, Linda Trail, Bill & Lorena Valley, Mike Willig, Lisa Woodard, and the Royalty Court families for designing, decorating and driving our Mason County Forest Festival float to parades thoughout the year! . MCFFA volunteers are regular folks who’ve rolled up our sleeves to do what they can to put on a free, fun-filled, family event each year. If we have missed you, please accept our heart felt apology.
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MICK SPROUFFSKE MCFFA PRESIDENT
On behalf of the Association Board of Directors, Committee Members and Volunteers- welcome to the 2018 Mason County Forest Festival. Mason County Forest Festival Association proudly presents The 74th Annual Mason County Forest Festival, one of the longest running large festivals in Washington. The theme of this year's Forest Festival is "Fun in the Forest." Every year we hold "The Button Contest," students from all Mason County Schools, grades one through twelve, create artwork based on the year's theme in hopes of being selected for the grand prize. The grand prize winner's artwork is not only shown off on the button and poster, they take home the top prize of $100 cash. The buttons are prized and collected by many. The Paul Bunyan Grand Parade will without a doubt be as spectacular as ever. The Honor Guard from the USS Nimitz is leading off the parade. There will be something there for everyone at the parade, floats, dance teams, logging trucks, marching bands, classic cars, fire trucks and much more.
It is a huge honor for us to host this regional event. The competition is going to be fierce, we have several competitors that have competed nationally and internationally. Come out to Loop Field for the Logging Show, root on your favorite competitor and visit the vendors while you are there. Forest Festival is not just the parade and the logging show, there are many other events to attend and participate in: The Carnival, the Goldsborough Creek Run/Walk/Jog, Firefighter's Pancake Breakfast, The Shelton Car Show Off, the Kristmas Town Kiwanis Duck Race and the spectacular Fireworks Show. Mason County Forest Festival Association is a volunteer organization, incorporated in 1947 as a non-profit. If it were not for our volunteers, current and past, we would not be celebrating the 74th Forest Festival. As with years past, we are always welcoming new volunteers. If this is something that you think might interest you please contact us on the website at masoncountyforestfestival.com. It is very rewarding to participate! In closing I would like to thank my fellow Board Members, Committee Chairs and all of our volunteers, for all of the hard work that they have done to make this one of the best Forest Festivals.
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“This is truly one of my favorite times of year in Shelton and Mason County. My husband Forrest and I have chosen to raise our family and run our business in Shelton, we simply love it here and love being involved in this community. Every year, when Forest Festival rolls around, there is
excitement in the air, downtown gets prepped for this grand event, old photos and stories are shared, this Festival is so loved. To see our community and those visiting fill our city to experience this great event is exciting and so heartwarming. It’s a tradition for many, both for locals and out-oftowners alike.
FESTIVAL BRINGS SMILES JUDY BIDWELL | MCFFA SECRETARY
Have you ever noticed that everyone smiles when they talk about Festival memories? The MC Forest Festival is one of the longest running festivals in WA and each year brings new memories, the kind you smile about. When I moved here in the ‘90s, one of the delightful surprises was the Mason County Forest Festival and the Paul Bunyan Grand Parade. How excited I was to live in a small town where they still have parades!
This event really unites the community – if you’re not in the parade, you’re watching it! From the parade and logging show to the fireworks and the car show – Forest Festival is filled with free family fun that is sure to
generate a smile when you relate your event memories! I hope you and your family enjoy making your own wonderful memories during the 74th annual Mason County Forest Festival!
IT’S GOOD TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE CHERYL EARSLEY
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I have lived in Shelton most of my life and have so many great memories watching the Paul Bunyan Grand Parade as a child, then with my husband and daughters. We have been involved with the logging show over the years but never officially part of the Forest Festival Committee. In 2016 my daughter Eryn was Princess of Hemlock on the Forest Festival royalty court. Little did we know that having a child on the court would bring added duties for the parents. Since there isn’t a Forest Fes-
tival float committee, the parents and court are tasked with designing, decorating, maintaining, hauling and driving the float. We spent many hours working on the float, which was exhausting but very rewarding, especially when you are walking with the float in the parade and the judge hands you an award.
After all the hard work, I wondered why Mason County residents don’t get more involved with community events. Then I realized I AM a resident and need to do my part which is why I joined the Forest Festival committee. Get involved, it makes a difference!
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MAY 31 - JUNE 3 It’s time to celebrate our timber heritage. Join the fun as events celebrate the rich forestry history in Mason County with the Paul Bunyan parade, runs, vendors, logging show, great food, car show, Saturday night fireworks and four day carnival.
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A parade, a pageant, and Paul Bunyan. Mason County residents in 1945 had their own unique ideas of fire prevention. To help combat the destructive wildfires in the region — while also promoting the importance of forests to the local economy — Mason County hosted a forest festival in the spring of 1945. The festival featured a parade through downtown Shelton, a beauty pageant, a Paul Bunyan impersonator, and various other events and activities. The idea proved even more successful than imagined. Today’s event still prominently features a parade, pageant, and Paul Bunyan, just like back in 1945.
The history of Shelton is closely tied with logging operations in the area. In 1853, Michael T. Simmons built the first sawmill in Mason County on Mill Creek just south of present-day Shelton. Around this same time, David Shelton staked a settlement claim on a nearby inlet off Puget Sound.
Sol G. Simpson came to the area and founded the Simpson Logging Company in the 1890s. The Simpson Company would eventually grow and expand throughout the country, but Shelton served as an important center of operations for much of the following century. The area was also notable for being the home of the Shelton Cooperative Sustained-Yield Unit, which became active in 1946 and ended in 2002. The first Mason County Forest Festival in 1945 honored the area’s logging history by showcasing the value of timber to the community, while demonstrating the importance of safeguarding the forests against destructive fires.
Wayne Allen as Paul Bunyan leads the parade through Shelton, 1954. Photo reproduced with permission from the Foresty History Society
Ella Mae Noble, queen of the 1951 Festival – photo: Forest History Society, Durham, NC
Fire prevention was a prominent theme, as the Mason County Forest Festival Association was at this time operated as an auxiliary of the local chapter of the Keep Washington Green Committee. Following that first festival – in which Lois Gibler was crowned Festival Queen and Gus Anderson played the part of Paul Bunyan – the event only grew. (continued next page)
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People from the northwestern Washington region flocked to Shelton to see, in the words of an ad for the 12th annual Forest Festival, “the dramatic Forest Pageant, the thrilling parade and the exciting contests in which loggers demonstrate their skills at falling, bucking, tree topping and truck driving.
On the festival’s final day 30,000 people — about six times the regular population of the town — crowded into Shelton to watch the Paul Bunyan Parade through downtown. The 1953 event was an early high point for the festival, but there have been many other great moments throughout the years.
For three memorable days, the communities participate in a program which you can’t afford to miss.”
Forest Festival is an opportunity to embrace and educate about our forestry heritage in a fun and engaging way.
The idea of a forest festival quickly spread across the country along with the Keep Green program. “You have in Shelton, in my opinion, the best all-around forest festival in the United States,” read a quote from a mid-1950s article on the event. “It has been the inspiration of many forest communities throughout the U.S.”
The Mason County Forest Festival Association is a non-profit organization run by dedicated volunteers. No matter what your skills or interests the group has a vast array of tasks that need to be completed.
The ninth annual Forest Festival in 1953 was one for the ages. The monumental event celebrated the 100th anniversary of logging operations in Mason County, and a large sign carved into a piece of Douglas fir was permanently dedicated in it’s location overlooking Shelton’s Oakland Bay. 10
From preparations leading up to the event to helping out the weekend of Forest Festival, volunteers are needed. Please consider volunteering or serving on the board. With your help, the Mason County Forest Festival will continue to be a memorable event for everyone – young and old.
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“I am a 17 years old senior at Shelton High School. After I graduate I will attend the University of Washington Tacoma to get my BA in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing. I am excited because I was directly admitted into the Milgard School of Business. Within the Mason County community,
I am a senior leader of a 4-H club, I host free dog training and public speaking workshops on the weekends. I have been involved with National Honor Society for 2 years and am the current 2017-2018 president. I also participate in Big Buddie’s program where I mentor an elementary child along with climber crew at Shelton High School where I get to mentor the underclassmen. I am excited to be a part of the Royalty Court this year and continue to be an active role model in this lovely community.”
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fer to Saint Martin’s University to study Aerospace Engineering in Fall 2019. At SPSCC, I am involved in undergraduate research and am most often found outside of class in the makerspace working on various projects. I love music and play guitar and bass for fun. Participating in last year’s Forest Festival was definitely the highlight of my year and I’m very excited to do it again this year.”
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“I am 17 years old and a senior at Shelton High School. After I Graduate from Shelton High School I plan on attending South Puget Sound Community College to obtain my Associates Degree in Science. Then after 2 years I will transfer to a 4-year university to get my
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“I couldn’t be any more thrilled to be a part of the Mason County Forest Festival. I currently attend Shelton High School as a Junior. After graduation, I plan to go to South Puget Sound Community College and receive my Applied Associate degree, and then become a Dental Hygienist. This community has a big impact on children who are growing up, and I want to be a role model for children, so they can go far in life, and be successful. Not only do I want to help the younger generation, but also the ones that have gone
“I am 17 and a junior at CHOICE High School. After high school I will be attending Western Washington University to get my degree in teaching. Some of my hobbies include: photography, exploring the PNW, and assisting others. I love being a part of this community and meeting the people who reside within it. I have several opportunities to do so, I am a part of the Leadership program at CHOICE. CHOICE Leadership has put together multiple community events (such as, the BLOCK party; a street fair that serves 500 people and a Spring Picnic that just recently raised over $7,000 for their after-school program). Teen Council is another program I am involved in where we teach our peers about healthy relationships and consent. Now, I have the honor of being a part of this year’s Forest Festival Royalty Court. Within these three different and wonderful opportunities, it has helped me become more connected with Mason County.”
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On Being Royalty FOREST FESTIVAL COURT The Royalty Court is one of the most visible parts of the Mason County Forest Festival and Coronation was the first activity to take place as the Forest Festival geared up for its 74th year! This year’s Royalty members have been busy making several appearances in the community to promote the Forest Festival and will continue to perform community service in the area throughout the year. During the Summer months, Royalty travel around Western Washington with the Forest Festival float, representing Mason County at other community parades. In return, the members of the Royal Court each receive a scholarship - $2,000 goes the Queen of the Forest and to Paul Bunyan, and each of the princesses and Timber the Axe Man receive a $1,500 scholarship. You may wonder – How does one become a Forest Festival Royalty Court member? The scholarship competition is open to high school juniors and seniors, who live in and attend school in Mason County. Contestants must have and maintain an overall GPA of 3.0. The selection process begins in the month of January with an informational meeting for students and their parents. Students wishing to compete for a spot on the Royalty Court must complete an application and write a one-page essay pertaining to the current theme of the Forest Festival. Contestants attend six to eight practices leading up to Coronation day which takes place in March. During practice, contestants are judged on their preparedness, attendance, helpfulness, and allaround attitude. This accounts for 20% of their final score. The next element to the Royalty competition is the formal interview, which is conducted the morning of Coronation, by a pre-selected panel of judges. Each contestant meets individually with the judges. The interview phase of the competition is worth 30% of their overall score.
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Coronation is held in the evening at the Shelton High School Auditorium in front of a live audience where contestants are judged on an Impromptu Question, which is worth 25% of their total score. They also perform an On-Stage Speech worth 25%. The speech is based upon the year’s festival theme which is currently “Fun in the Forest.” The senior girl with the highest overall score will be crowned Queen of the Forest.
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The princesses will be either a junior or senior with the 2nd and 3rd highest scores. Paul Bunyan will be a senior boy with the highest score. Timber the Axe Man can be either a junior or senior with the 2nd highest overall score. The Forest Festival scholarship program provides a great opportunity for the personal growth of contestants. Participants learn about the history and issues facing our community. They meet with local community leaders and civic organizations where they learn to network and practice their public speaking skills. These are lifelong skills which help prepare them for higher education and their adult life.
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We invite all Mason County High School juniors and seniors interested in serving on the Forest Festival Royalty Court to apply. We will begin accepting applications for the 2019 Royalty Court in January of 2019. Applications and information will be available on our website, masoncountyforestfestival.org in December 2018.
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It all started in 1990 when a car show was added to the events during Mason County Forest Festival. Since 2010, the Shelton H.S. Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps. (NJROTC) Booster Club has hosted this event on the Sunday of the Mason County Forest Festival weekend. This year they have partnered with the Shelton Rotary to plan and run the event. Months of planning go into this event and on the day of the show it takes eight city blocks of space and about 50 volunteers to operate! In 2015, the 25th anniversary of the show, 423 cars registered for the show from all over Washington and some from Oregon and Idaho. The Shelton Car Showoff continues to be a success because of all the support from the car owners, the local businesses that help sponsor the event costs and the dedication of the cadets and volunteers that participate every year.
Proceeds this year will continue to help support the NJROTC cadets’ leadership program and activities. The Booster Club is able to help send cadets to leadership academy and competitions with funds they raise from the car show. Additionally, proceeds will also support the Shelton Rotary community services and the Mason County Forest Festival. Thank you to Gillis Auto Center, Our Community Credit Union, Re/Max Top Executives, and The Shopper for being major sponsors. The event is Sunday, June 3rd from 10 AM – 3 PM and is free to spectators. Car registration is 8 AM – 11 AM on “F” Street. The car registration fee is $20 per car. There will be food vendors on site and a 50/50 raffle.
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Who doesn’t love a parade? The Mason County Forest Festival Paul Bunyan Grand Parade is celebrating 74 years – and going strong! Come see this year’s theme – Fun in the Forest . The parade an opportunity to see local & visiting performances, floats, cars, kids, and horses. Don’t forget Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox! Be wowed by the marching bands from local schools. The 2018 Forest Festival Court will be on display in all their regalia. The beautiful float that they appear on is the result of many hours of hard work done by the royalty and their families. The court also visits numerous other festivals throughout the year on their float including Seafair. Honoring past Forest Festival royalty is a long-standing tradition. Be sure to look for them riding in classic cars. There will be plenty of classic cars to appeal to the automobile enthusiasts. Also keep an eye out for visiting royalty from other festivals and their creative presentations. Commercial entries in the parade are a great way for organizations to show community support. Local businesses in various industries like shellfish, forestry, insurance, emergency services, utilities, and more make up a large portion of the pageantry on parade day. Non-profit groups are always a highlight. From honoring our veterans to guiding our youths these organizations promote goodwill in our community each and every day. Look for entries from the Boy and Girl Scouts, Shriners, American Legion, 4-H, and various equestrian groups- just to name a few.
Parade participants compete for awards in several categories. For several years, the unique award plaques have been designed and produced by Shelton High School students. Some of the award categories include Grand Sweepstakes, Grand Marshall, Motorized Vehicles, Spirit, Creativity, Novelty, Equestrian, Bands, and more! The Forest Festival Parade Committee encourages organizations to get creative and join the annual Forest Festival Paul Bunyan Grand Parade. Come out and enjoy the parade as a spectator, after all it wouldn’t be a parade without the community!
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The run has a history of about 30 years as an event for Forest Festival. It started as a low key gathering for friends to run around loop field and downtown before the parade and then grew to an event we know today. It was even held at Shelton High School with running around Island Lake for a couple of years. The event is for walkers or runners of all ability levels and their family and friends. Check-in and race registration begins at 6:00 AM at the Shelton Post Office Park on Saturday, June 2, 2018. The 7 mile walk starts at 7:00 AM so that walkers can complete the course by roughly 9:30. The main events, the 7 mile run and 2 mile run/walk begin at 8:00 AM. The run events and 2 mile walk will be using electronic chip timing so it is wise to pre-register. The junior jog begins at 9:30 AM on Railroad.
An awards ceremony is held at Post Office Park at 9:45 AM, giving out medals to winners of age categories as well as giving random prizes donated from local businesses. All current events, except the junior jog, begin at Shelton Valley, a farming community west of Shelton city limits. Participants are bussed from the check-in point to the start line; 7 mile participants follow the
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Shelton Valley/Deegan Road loop before heading into Shelton; whilst 2 mile participants leave Shelton Valley proper and go directly to Downtown following the parade route on Railroad Avenue to the Shelton Post Office where all races end. Mile sponsors mark each mile of the course(s). Quarter mile junior joggers, ages 3 - 8, begin their jog at 7th street and continue to the post office, each receiving a medal and book about the forest at the finish line. Centennial Guild, a chapter of Mason General Hospital Foundation, has been managing the event for the Forest Festival Association since 2009. It is a major fundraiser for the Guild. Their proceeds are used to support scholarship funds and equipment needs for Mason General Hospital in the memory of Kristi Armstrong, RN. Title sponsor of the event is Our Community Credit Union. Mile marker sponsors are Hiawatha Evergreens, Armstrong and Armstrong Christmas Trees, Gillis Auto Center, Don Small and Sons Oil Distributors, and South Sound Radiology. Lynch Creek Farm sponsors the finish line area with awards sponsored by Peninsula Credit Union. Electronic chip timing is co-sponsored by Guardian Property Management Services and Karen Schade/ Edward D Jones Financials. AAA Septic provides porta-potties at the race start and on Deegan Road for the 7 mile walkers. To pre-register prior to May 29th go to Runsignup.com or visit masongeneral.com/ creekrun.html to download a registration form or they can be picked up at either Fitness Center in Shelton or the Hospital Foundation office behind McDonald's in Shelton. Early registration before May 12 is $20. After May 12 registration is $25. Day of race registration is $30. A commemorative dry-wick shirt may be ordered by the May 12 deadline for an additional $20.
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We are excited to host the STIHL® TIMBERSPORTS® Series Western Professional Qualifier again this year on June 2nd at Loop Field, 1020 W. Franklin Street. As always the competition is going to be first class. There will be 9 of the top TIMBERSPORTS® athletes competing here for a chance to move onto the U. S. Pro & and Collegiate Championship, July 27-29, at German Fest, in Milwaukee WI. Competing for the top for spots to move on to Milwaukee, are Walt Page, Jeff Skirvin, Mike Forrester, David "Junior" Moses, T.J. Bexten, James Hartley, David Green, Rob Waibel and Cassidy Scheer.
The Forest Festival logging show has had many great
So come down to Loop Field after the Paul Bunyan Grand Parade visit the vendors and enjoy the show. Loop Field has been the site of most of the Forest Festival Logging Shows since 1945. In fact Loop Field is one of the places where logging competition firs got started in the USA. It truly is a grand setting with the lush green grass and the back drop of the majestic fir trees. I am grateful to the City of Shelton in particular Parks and Recreation for the way they go the extra mile in maintaining Loop Field and the City Public Works staff for their help.
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The events for the qualifying portion of this show are the Standing Block Chop, Underhand Chop, SingleBuck, Spring Board Chop, Stock Saw and Hotsaw. During the breaks between the qualifying events we will have the following events: On the Spar PolesSpeed Climbing and Topping; In the birling pond we will have the fan favorite Birling (Log Rolling).
logging competitors and exhibitors throughout its history. The most famous was Hap Johnson, an 18 time world champion speed climber. He performed at the World’s Fair in Seattle, New York and Montreal. Hap also was a double for John Wayne in the movie, “North to Alaska”. Others include Paul and Max Searles, Steve and Brain Bartow, and Sterling Hart.
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DART ( Disaster Animal Rescue Team) invites people of all ages, families, groups and pets to come downtown before the Grand Parade to have some good old fashioned fun in the Family and Pet Parade. Dress up with your pets, decorate your bikes, wear a costume, have a forest theme or something totally different! Ribbons for best entries will be awarded. Categories include: Group and/or Family; Dress-Up with Pet; Forestry Theme; Costumes/Fairy Tales; Float or Decorated Wagon; and Decorated Bike. Every kid in the parade receives a book from South Sound Reading Foundation. This year DART will continue to host the event. DART of Mason County, is an organization of volunteers who are trained to assist with rescuing, sheltering and protecting pets, livestock and other animals during disasters such as floods, fires, wind storms, hazardous material spills and other catastrophic situations.
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FAMILY & PET PARADE
DART provides rapid, coordinated response—after activation by Mason County—to any emergency when animals are involved. DART conducts training programs, drills and meetings to develop skills so the team can provide proper and effective assistance to animals and owners in difficult, stressful or dangerous situations. Everyone is welcome to participate in the Family Parade and it is a lot of fun for the whole family! Visit the Forest Festival website at masoncountyforestfestival.com to download a copy of the entry form and return to Box 925, Shelton, WA 98584.
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Mason County SATURDAY, JUNE 2 @ 1:00 PM
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Manke Lumber Company is still a family owned business with ties to virtually every aspect of the wood products industry. They continue to explore new technologies to protect resources and provide quality products to their customers. Forest Festival is an important way in which Manke Lumber honors and celebrates our community’s heritage. Manke has been a proud sponsor of the Forest Festival’s fireworks show for the past 12 years. Annually Manke Lumber has supported the spectacular fireworks show Saturday evening of the Forest Festival event.
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The fireworks start as the sun sets Saturday, June 2. Come early as parking fills while families settle in to surround the viewing areas near Shelton’s Oakland bay Junior High off Kneeland Boulevard. Good spots include the Fred Meyer and Walmart parking lots. The Mason County community and the Forest Festival Association and volunteers thank Manke Lumber and the Manke family for their continued commitment to the community and our wonderful timber heritage –now and into the future!
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As a major forest products enterprise in Mason County, Green Diamond Resource Company is a long standing supporter of the Mason County Forest Festival.
Green Diamond traces its roots to 1890 when Sol Simpson founded Simpson Logging Company. After five generations, the company is still private and owns working forest land in WA, OR and CA. Here in Washington, the company operates under a federal Habitat Conservation Plan that require protection for fish, wildlife, clean water and soils. Green Diamond land is certified under the Sustainable Forestry Initiative® Standard. This assures that the forest products you buy, whether lumber, particleboard or paper, comes from sustainably managed forests. Today’s forest operations don’t look much like the skills displayed at the Forest Festival Logging Show. Nearly all operations are highly mechanized, ensuring the safety of the workers. Green Diamond is proud of its early involvement in Washington’s Logger Safety Initiative, under which the Washington Department of Labor & Industries works with logging contractors, landowners and others to improve safety through training and audits. One activity still done by hand is reforestation after harvest.
Washington requires that lands be replanted within three years of harvest. Planting is conducted when seedlings are dormant during some of the toughest weather of the year. Imagine the rough terrain and many obstacles planters must work around and then marvel that a good planter can put upwards of 1000 trees in the ground each day! One of Green Diamond’s unique contributions to Forest Festival is a field day, open to 5th graders throughout Mason County. Each year, since 2000, some 400 students learn the value of a tree, an applied math exercise; the habitat in a streamside buffer; forest history, including the teamwork required in operating a crosscut saw; how to set a choker and fell a tree; and how “round” logs are made into “square” lumber, among other lessons. This field day is paired with other activities to ensure students in Mason County are aware of the contributions our forests make to our environment and our economy. In short, Green Diamond Resource Company celebrates Forest Festival every day.
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a sixth grade student at Southside School, won the 2018 button design contest. She received $100 for the grand prize, and $75 for placing first in the sixth through eighth place division.
2018 Button Design Winners K-5 First Place: Ellen Hageman 5th/ Mason County Christian School K-5 Second Place: Ryha Sisson 5th/ Southside Elementary School K-5 Third Place: Emerson Lyons 5th/ Sandhill Elementary School 6-8 First Place: Charlotte Hansen 6th/ Southside Elementary School 6-8 Second Place: Carmelina Pablo Martinez 7th/ Olympic Middle School 6-8 Third Place: Haley Cox 7th/Southside Elementary School 9-12 First Place: Shaolin Hoskins 11th /North Mason High School
9-12 Second Place: Nadine Beaver 12th/ Choice High School 9-12 Third Place: Evelin Gaitan 12th/ Choice High School
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Helping Our Community – One Duck at a Time Each year Kristmas Town Kiwanis provides four scholarships for local youth. One is awarded to the Mason County Forest Festival Princess of Cedar. The group also presents events and services for the community: When you meet their volunteers at the festival, we hope you’ll let them know their efforts are appreciated. Tere are many projects Kristmas Town Kiwanis volunteers work on each year. In May join them at the annual Bluegrass From The Forest festival. In June, reserve your winning duck for the Duck Race! The Kristmas Town Kiwanis train is a familiar and much loved sight at events. It is popular at OysterFest, where the group also provide activities like free carnival games.
Holiday Magic in Shelton includes a Christmas parade as well as the lighting of the fir in Shelton. Presented the first Friday in December, Railroad is blocked for eveningbonfires and marshmallow roasting. Enjoy caroling, rides on the kiddie train and at dusk Saturday, take part in the Christmas Parade with over 50 entries.
Additional Kristmas Town Kiwanis fundraising include Aluminum Can Drives; Highway Trash Pickups; foster kids’ Christmas Wish Lists; Warm Hands Campaign; and the School Supply Drive for the Mary M. Knight School; as well, the group sponsors Boy Scout Troop 112 and Mason County Literacy’s annual “Spellabration.”
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THANK YOU TO AMY & FORREST COOPER FOR “CAPTURING” THE FESTIVAL EACH YEAR Amy & Forrest Cooper are portrait artists. They capture memories for their clients and produce top-of-the-line artwork to adorn a home. This husband and wife creative team; who own and operate Cooper Studios, located on Railroad Avenue in Shelton. Both hold BFA degrees in visual communications. Their “focus” is on perfections and quality mixed with extensive professional experience – and a whole lot of talent!
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Handmade in Shelton, the duo’s Fine Art Portraits are captured, retouched, printed and custom framed in their store-front studio. This process gives them the control to create finished works of the highest quality. Forrest and Amy are ever ready to lend their skills at community events like the Forest Festival and consequently, bring a level of professionalism to everything they are involved in. Cooper Studios is honored to be only the 4th photographer ever to create the official Queen of the Forest Portrait. There has been a long-standing tradition of portrait studios in Shelton, in fact, there has been a portrait studio on the very same block they are located since the 1940s. It’s a tradition the Cooper’s are proud to be a part of and look forward to continuing for many years to come.
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Cotton candy, fresh candy apples, churros, giant stuffed animals in brilliant colors – and rides that make your head spin – a popular part of the Mason County Forest Festival. Save $10 on pre-sale wrist band. Paradise Amusements Carnival, a Mason County Forest Festival event, will open on Thursday, June 1st at 4:00PM. The full carnival, located at Gateway Center on Olympic Highway will include rides and “fair” food as well as plenty of games with a variety of prizes. The Carnival will be open until 11PM Thursday – Saturday and until 6 PM Sunday – depending upon attendance and weather. The event opens Saturday and Sunday at noon.
Pre-sale wrist bands are available until May 31st at: The Shopper (2505 Olympic Hwy N) and Probuild of Shelton (114 E Cedar Street). Pre-sale bands cost $25 (includes 5 game tickets) and are valid for single sessions – Thursday & Friday from 4PM – Closing; Saturday, two sessions available, noon – 5PM and 5PM to 10PM; Sunday, one session, noon to 5PM. Pre-sale wrist bands are available until May 31, regular price is $35 and does not include free game tickets.
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The fine print – Drawing is held Saturday, June 2, at the end of the Logging Show at Loop Field. Must be 18 to enter. Need not be present to win.
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Mason County is close the rest of the civilization yet remote enough to be pristine and abounding with recreational opportunities and events where you always run into friends. And the views! – Cresting the hill on Highway 101, you are hit with a sight of the Olympic range to rival any wonder of the world. All of us are going a million directions at once and our lives are scheduled and over scheduled– and we are still not getting it all done. Just for a moment pause. When was the last time you cheered on the under-hand chop contest? Admired classic cars? Ate cotton candy? Spun uncontrollably on the Twister? Mason County is full of opportunities for you to connect with friends, family and make new friends – the annual Forest Festival celebrates and embodies these! Enjoy your local community and your Festival.
Get the whole family involved –you never know you when might discover something wonderful! Take a journey to your backyard. Take a sick day. It will become a health day for the whole family as you remember what is to share in the rich traditions of being an integral piece of a community. Visit explorehoodcanal.com for a complete list of local events as well as a handy directory of activities and destinations to inspire you and your family in your next adventure.
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2018 Sponsor Spotlight
SIERRA PACIFIC FOUNDATION SUPPORTS MUSIC ON THE ESTUARY CONCERT SERIES Recently the Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group (HCSEG) received a generous $1,800 grant from the Sierra Pacific Foundation – a Platinum Level Sponsor of the 2018 Forest Festival. The grant will support this summer’s Music on the Estuary concert series at the Salmon Center, which will benefit the development of a community amphitheater to support arts, music, and education in the North Mason region. “This generous support from the Sierra Pacific Foundation means a great deal to the North Mason community,” said Mendy Harlow, executive director of HCSEG. “We look forward to this summer’s community concert series and the development of the Fishbowl Amphitheater, which will serve our community and youth for many years to come.”
The firm owns and manages nearly two million acres of timberland in California and Washington and is the second largest lumber producer in the United States. Sierra Pacific Industries is committed to managing its lands in a responsible and sustainable manner to protect the environment, while providing quality wood products and renewable power for consumers.
Sierra Pacific Industries is a third-generation family-owned forest products company based in Anderson, California.
The Sierra Pacific Foundation was established and funded in 1979. Since its inception, the Foundation has provided
History comes to life in Mason County's most extensive collection of historic documents, photos and artifacts from Mason County's timber, shellfish, farming and early pioneer days. Located conveniently in the heart of historic downtown Shelton at 427 W. Railroad Avenue, the Mason County Historical Museum is open to the public, offering free WIFI as well as research and meeting tables. Every year we host a number of community event that free and open to the public. Come in and see or visit us at our website at http://www.masoncountyhistoricalsociety.org Ph # (360) 426-1020 5th Street & Railroad Avenue Downtown Shelton, WA 98584 Email: Mchsdirector2015@gmail.com Museum Hours Tuesday thru Friday 11am - 5pm Saturday | 11am - 4pm
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over six million dollars in Higher Education scholarships to dependent children of SPI employees. The Foundation also contributes to activities and organizations in the communities in which Sierra Pacific Industries has facilities. Forest Festival and the Salmon Center are among many locally who appreciate thir support. Over the last year, HCSEG and community partners have been working to develop the Fishbowl Amphitheater. The amphitheater will look out over the Union River Estuary, providing a space for local musicians and artists, as well as for youth visiting the Salmon Center. The community is invited to the 2018 Music on the Estuary concert series, which will take place on June 23rd, July 13th, and August 25th at the Salmon Center. For more information, or to buy tickets, visit this page. Tickets are just $5 and the Mason Transit Authority will operate a concert bus from Shelton and Hoodsport.
Thank you Sierra Pacific Industries and Sierra Pacific Foundation for your generous support of the Mason County Forest Festival and other local events and programs!
The Grisdale Forest Community was located in upper Grays Harbor County, in the drainage of the Wynooche River, 47 miles west of Shelton by auto and 41 miles by rail. It was named for two brothers, George Grisdale who died at age 57 in 1929 and Will Grisdale who died at age 94 in 1968. Both were logging superintendents for their uncle, Sol G. Simpson, who founded the Simpson Logging Company in 1895.
Fifty-two family homes formed the main village of Grisdale. The houses were oil-heated, had electricity, water, modern plumbing and were maintained by the Company at an average rental per family of $25 per month. Single loggers lived four to a room in the bunkhouse area. Each room had hot and cold water, steam heat and electrical outlets. Rooms cost them 20 cents a day. The population of Grisdale was about 400 adults and 100 children when the camp was running on a full schedule. Children went to the two room school through 8th grade and high school students attended Montesano High School, 35 miles each way by bus. Grisdale foundations were laid in 1946 and by 1947 the camp was in full operation as the logging headquarters of Simpson's sustained yield harvesting program. It was Simpson's only residential camp.
The camp was notorious for its rain 150 inches a year - as well as cookhouse meals and a recreation hall that featured a bowling alley. Some 6 billion board feet of timber moved through the camp in its 40 years of operations, enough timber to build 600,000 homes. The Company went through major restructuring and belt-tightening in 1985, closing the camp, trimming the payroll, closing some mills, modernizing others and generally making the switch from an old-growth timber economy to a second-growth one. Closure of Camp Grisdale marked the end of community logging camps in the continental United States, ending a way of life that began in the 18th century. The camp buildings were taken down and the area reforested. Today there is nothing left of the former camp. About 4.3 million seedlings were planted on 17,000 acres of company land, returning the land to trees.
Replica of Camp Grisdale
The replica of Camp Grisdale shown below represents the last true logging camp of the Continental United States. It was created as a tribute to the loggers and families who worked and resided there. The life was not easy, the work hard and long. It was a close knit community and a unique way of life. Original blue prints were used to assure precise accuracy and its value as a historical record of a way of life that is gone forever. There were 52 single family residences, 25 garages, the Grisdale school house, rec hall, bath house, sewing shop, general store, mechanic shop/garage and office. It was a self-Âsustained community. This replica of how the logging camp looked when it opened in 1946 was created by Mercedes Ackley of Montesano. It took her two years and 2,043 hours to construct. She first saw Camp Grisdale in 1965 when Richard Ackley took his new bride to meet his parents who lived there. The replica and a complete article about Mrs. Ackley and her construction of this replica is on display at the Mason County Historical Museum located on Railroad Avenue in downtown Shelton.
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FRANKIE EAGLE STORY "I remember my Dad, Wentz Eagle (who was a painter for Simpson Timber Company), painting the Simpson Log Truck that Paul Bunyan would be standing on a log before parade time. Dad also drove
the Paul Bunyan Head float a few times – don't know what ever happened to that float – it was a family tradition to watch the parade every year."
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my log taking first place."
"My grandmother Dot Smith would rent a room in old Shelton Hotel so we could watch the parade in the early 50's."
– The year I was a princess for 4-H with Marilyn Lawson and Karen Wolfe as Queen and we rode the float in the parade. I also rode a float as a princess in my 6th grade at Middle Skokomish school. I wore my great grandmother's wedding dress. I felt so special."
BARB KELLEY "I took part in the outdoor pageant they used to have outside at loop field, probably in 1951 or 52."
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"My son, Dan Kelley led the parade for a couple years (1980-1981) in his Jeep with a friend. This Is a piece that the friend wrote about it at his services: 'Dan and I led the parade in our jeeps. One year in mine, and the next in his. It was fun cruising through town, big Paul Bunyan mounted to the front bumper, headers uncapped, drinking cocktails and no party lights.
We heard after the second year that the national guard was upset because we came in front of the colors. Now Dan had a way with words that just would simplify things, he said while smiling “we don’t set the order!"
KATHY ARCHER KNOBEL "My grandmother Dot Smith would rent a room in old Shelton Hotel so we could watch the parade in the early 50's."
DEBI WELLS "My dad would park our VW van with the platform on top the night before the parade and we would watch from up high."
MIKE MEEKS "My sis Cheryl Meeks was a princess on the Harstine Island float. Replica of the Island Belle ferry. I got to ride on the fender of the dressed up 1950 chev pick up that pulled the float. Bud Glaser was the driver. What a great guy. This was 1959, I was 13 years old."
KATHY CLARK CARSON "My dad, Harry Clark, helped start the Forest Festival with James Stevens, Wurberger(sp) and a few others. He was a forest warden for many years and an avid writer about the forest and the animals. In the late 60s or 70s the newspaper wrote up quite an article on him." GINGER BROOKS "I remember my Dad, Jerry Medley, drove governor Rosellini in the parade one year. Dad worked for Jim Pauley at the time. They called Jim to borrow a convertible for the governor to ride in and Jim insisted one of his employees had to be the driver."
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LYNN NELSON "My mom's best friend when I was growing up was Forest Festival Queen. I talked to Lois about it a few years back and she said the appointment came out of the blue and she was ever so grateful for the experience. Both of her daughters (Linda and Leslie LaBissoniere) had been princesses. My Aunt Bernadine was the third Queen. I remember making tissue flowers to cover a convertible for one of her women's organizations years later."
DICK LINN "I remember mom and dad herding all of us kids,there were four of us – five counting my mom's cousin, into our '54 Ford to head down town for the logging parade and logging show. After the parade, dad would give each of us kids a dollar for the carnival it was at the end of town on Railroad at that time. Oh did I mention a dollar was a kings ransom to a 5 year old in 1954?"
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Celebrating over 30 years in Mason County
COLIN MORRIS "In the late 50's/early 60's,
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"In the mid 1960’s when Dan Evans was the Union Community Club would build a Forest Festival float each year. Our neighbors, Rol- Governor, I remember being at the end of the parade route when the Governor and ly and Edith Walters, always donated the use his family arrived. They had just finished of their shop to build it in.All of us kids would riding through the parade in a convertible go into the woods nearby, and cut boughs and with their young children. The governor evergreens that we're then used to build the got out of the car, said something to one float. Rolly and Edith, and my mother, Donna of his sons, then turned him over his knee Morris, would spend days and days putting and paddled him. Many years later at a this beauty together. My Father, Steve Morris, reception for Dan Evans at the Senate, I would usually get the chore of driving the met the Governor’s son and relayed the truck that pulled the float through the parade. story. We both had2018 a good laugh!"Festival We waited all year for Forest Festival." 43 Forest
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LENNIE MORRIS "Don’t see one log loads like this anymore."
Art Tozier & Shayne Larson
BRAD DEYETTE "I was Smokey the bear in the '74 parade"
BECKY WILSON "I remember going through the parade with the Southside School Jumping Jills in '72-'73."
GENELL BROWN "SO many good Forest Festival memories...As a kid—the parade, the logging show, saving my al-
lowance for the carnival when rides were 25 cents. My grandma lived on Railroad and the parade would line up there. When Shayne Larson was queen and the float was parked by grandma’s house, I remember thinking Shayne was a real celebrity! I rode the Octopus ride with my brother Wes Stockwell, when we were probably both too little, and we thought we were going to fall out! My stepdad
and mom, Darryl and Peggy Cleveland were in charge of the FF royalty for a few years, taking them to out-of-town parades, my mom sewed some of the girls’ outfit. Darryl was in charge of the parade several years and I remember typing up lists of entrants on the Selectric at school in the Angle Building. Forest Festival was always a big deal at our house! I still love going."
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Annette McGee is the Grand Marshall for the 74th Mason County Forest Festival's Paul Bunyan Grand Parade. Annette has been a resident of Mason County since 1937, having moved to the Skokomish Valley with her parents from Itasca County Minnesota where her father was a wheat farmer and a logger. Growing up in the Valley she attended class from 1941 to 1947 in the two-room Middle Skokomish Valley Grade School. She graduated of Irene S. Reed High School in 1953. After high school she attended Washington State College , now Washington State University, where she majored in education and minored in social sciences. After college she taught fifth grade students in the Tacoma School District. In 1960 Annette married the love of her life, Bill McGee, they purchased land in the Shelton area where they made their home. She was hired by the Southside School District to teach a split class of second and third graders for one year. She went on to teach the seventh grade for 11 more years. In 1977 Annette worked for one year as a page supervisor with the State House of
Representatives in Olympia. She left this position to teach History and English at Shelton High School. Annette entered the political seen in 1979, being elected as the County Commissioner to represent District 2. She served three terms as a commissioner. In 1990 she was appointed to the State Pollution Control and Shoreline Hearings Board by then Governor Booth Gardiner. She served proudly on this board until 1993, when she need to take a break to take care of her ailing mother. She returned to education in 1995 serving on the Shelton School Board until 1999 and as a substitute teacher from 1996 to 2008.
Over the years she and her husband restored 17 vintage vehicles. Together they helped establish the Annual Mason Historical Society Car Show. Her husband Bill passed away three years ago after 54 years of marriage. When I spoke to Annette at the Forest Festival Coronation I remember her saying "You pay back the community you were raised in." This is a great motto to live by, which she has done all of her life. She is the current President of the Mason County Historical Society (MCHS) where she is passionately working on fund raising to establish a new museum. The new museum will celebrate the shellfish, logging, farming, mining, tribes and other cultural legacies of Mason County.
Congratulations Forest Festival on 74 Years!
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MEMORIES CONTINUED
SCOTT TANNER "In 1966, I was just shy of 6 and my brother was almost 8. Mom got the idea that Dad could fix up my tricycle like a Simpson Railroad locomotive, with a log car behind it, and my brother could be a Simpson logger while I was the engineer.".
NELLIE WARREN "The Bobby sock dance afterwards."
RALPH H MIX "I don't remember The exact year, '78 or '79, my dad, (Fred Mix, Shelton school district maintenance) Bill Valley, and a bunch of guys I don't remember, built the forest festival float on a Simpson's low boy trailer. I was the gopher for the men as they built that float. If memory serves me right, it took about a month, evenings and weekends.
one of the Black Watch (?) bagpipers what they wore under their kilts, and he said nothing! And that the leader made them all straddle a mirror to check before starting."
NORMA VINCENT "Riding my white horse in the parade, with a fancy Western shirt someone had given me."
PAT FEALY "My Dad (Jesse Wolfe) had an old red hat covered with Forest Festival buttons."
ELIZABETH JO HICKSON SWIGERT "The Forest Festival was the highlight of the year, growing up."
JACK W NICKLAUS "Marched my group of exceptional foresters in the parade. My brother and sister in law saw us and waved. She then asked my wife if that was my Rotary group? Thought it was really funny. Still miss old Thor and his electric guitar!
DAVID SCHROEDER "In the late 60's we lived on Cota, and the groups staged around our place, and my mom asked Forest Festival Program 46
JEANIE DUCHESNE "In 1964 the Latin club built a Trojan horse in the Latin room at the high school and it was so big we almost couldn’t get it out the door the Latin club pulled it through the parade. They were all wearing togas with laurel wreaths in their hair."
LAUREN HURD MUNDAY "The Forest Festival was always a fun family event every year - we would all get new outfits, meet up with Grandma Nutt in front of JC Pennys, we would wait with anticipation for the boom to signal the beginning of the parade. Back in the day all the events were downtown, the carnival, loggers show etc. - so it would be a whole day of excitement, fun and food. Lots of floats, bands, drill teams from all over the state - my Grandma loved the bagpipes."
MIKE SHEETZ About 1966, 6th grade or so, I led a donkey(jackass) thru the parade with signs hanging off that said "KMAS 1280", the joke was "Kiss My As-", according to my dad, Bob Sheetz.
What You Don’t See Is Important, Too
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Paul Bunyan rides the parade on a Manke truck in the parade | photo: © Cooper Studios
We’re your neighbors. For four generations MANKE LUMBER COMPANY has been proud to call Mason County home. Our livings, families and futures are all connected. That’s why we are honored to annually sponsor the Mason County Forest Festival. Congratulations on 74 years of success! Relying on a wealth of experience from over 60 years of hands-on operation, Manke Lumber continues to explore new technologies and business practices protecting resources and providing maximum value to our customers. Our forestry divisions work together to ensure maximum recovery, sustainability and value yielded from our local forests. It is our pleasure to serve timberland owners, lumberyards, distributors as well as wholesalers both domestic and abroad.
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